white supremacy

Live Oak: Reckoning with Alabama’s Confederate ghosts

They were the living embodiment of what Confederate had fought for: white supremacy as a government, and a way of life.

September 15, 2023

Wetumpka neo-confederate gathering shares “strategy” to “fight for our freedom”

The conference featured numerous speakers labeled by the Southern Poverty Law Center as extremists.

August 23, 2023

“National” neo-Confederate conference to be held in Wetumpka

The SCC, labeled a hate group by the SPLC, states its goal is to re-establish an "independant (sic) Southern republic.”

August 16, 2023

Patriot Front resurfaces in Birmingham

The hate group has been most active in Birmingham, focusing mostly on graffiti and vandalism. Members recently protested a Prattville pride picnic in person.

August 8, 2023

Why it took so long for Tuberville to denounce white nationalists

As ridiculous as Tuberville’s various public declarations about white supremacy were, the truth is he wasn’t the first.

July 21, 2023

Bill banning “divisive concepts” such as CRT criticized by teachers, officials

Critics say the bill chills difficult discussions about the reality of America's past abuses and failures.

February 24, 2022

“The Heart of Dixie” a lost cause

The Heart of Dixie reference is a nod to white slaveholders and does not represent modern-day Alabamians.

January 26, 2022

Committee approves plan to remove racist language from state constitution

The plan, which also reorganizes the amendments, has to be approved by the Legislature and voters.

November 4, 2021

ASU strips Bibb Graves name from campus building

Workers removed the name of Bibb Graves, a former Alabama governor, from a campus residence hall that also houses the historically Black college’s famed bell tower.

October 15, 2020

CAIR announces support for Amendment 4

Amendment 4 will be on the Nov. 3 general election ballot.

October 9, 2020